Hard Agricultural Biotechnology Quiz

A focused assessment of sophisticated techniques and concepts in plant biotech.

crop geneticsagricultural biotechsoil microbiomedisease resistanceherbicide tolerancesynthetic biologybioinformaticsgene editingplant pathologyCRISPR
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CategoryBiotechnology
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Quiz Questions

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  1. 1

    Which CRISPR‑derived technology enables precise editing of polyploid crop genomes without creating double‑strand breaks?

    Question 1
  2. 2

    What primary metabolic pathway is engineered in cyanobacteria to boost direct conversion of CO₂ into ethanol?

    Question 2
  3. 3

    Which trait introduced via RNA interference in Bt cotton addresses insect resistance breakdown?

    Question 3
  4. 4

    In disease‑resistant wheat development, the Sr33 gene confers resistance to which pathogen?

    Question 4
  5. 5

    What is the main advantage of using a synthetic promoter with tissue‑specific cis‑elements over a constitutive CaMV 35S promoter in field‑grown soybeans?

    Question 5
  6. 6

    Which gene‑editing approach creates non‑transgenic, herbicide‑tolerant canola by targeting the acetolactate synthase (ALS) gene?

    Question 6
  7. 7

    The term “phytobiome engineering” primarily aims to manipulate which component of the plant environment?

    Question 7
  8. 8

    In stacked‑trait crops, what primary biosafety concern is addressed by molecular confinement strategies such as split‑component gene drives?

    Question 8
  9. 9

    Which bioinformatic tool is specifically designed to predict off‑target sites for CRISPR/Cas12a in polyploid genomes?

    Question 9
  10. 10

    What is the most widely used selectable marker gene in Agrobacterium‑mediated transformation of maize that confers resistance to phosphinothricin?

    Question 10

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